Windows 7 Boots In 11 Seconds

[7Dreams]

Microsoft and Intel have been going on the charm offensive this week, talking up Windows 7. According to the BBC, both firms said they collaborated more closely then ever to deliver a product they are proud of. At the same joint press event, wintel put on demonstrations of Windows 7’s improved battery life and quicker boot times.

The improvements in Windows 7 battery life are well documented, but not the improvements in Windows 7 boot times. At the event, wintel showed a windows 7 system that booted up in 11 seconds. The system in use was pretty impressive (quad-core i7 CPU + SSD drive), but I’m still a bit amazed by an 11 second boot time. The amazing Windows 7 boot time was achieved by the boot process running across all four cores and all eight threads of the i7 processor:

“It’s an Intel reference design,” Microsoft’s Panabaker said. “But with high-performance hardware, this shows what system manufacturers can do."

I was pretty impressed with my non-SSD Windows 7 system that boots up in under a minute, but I now might have to dip into the bank account and buy a SSD drive! I’m holding off doing an upgrade just yet, as I think I’m going to build a whole new Windows 7 power rig next year and give my current machine to my wife.

Source: Windows 7 Boots In 11 Seconds | Windows 7 News

 

[Element7]

Wow it would be great if my PC could boot in 11 seconds!

 

[LFB]

(quad-core i7 CPU + SSD drive)

It's a good combination...

 

[ten]

That 11 seconds is meaningless unless they do a comparative test with other operating systems. Good for marketing only.

I somewhat remember a Mac that my friends wife had that would boot up instantly. I believe I was still on the 9x kernel at the time and freaked when I saw it.

 

[Firestrider]

I'm wondering if they are measuring after the BIOS screen... because my BIOS takes like 8 seconds to finish.

Also I'm wondering what SSD they are using (probably Intel's)

 

[QuadAllegory]

So would my X25-m 80GB G2 with upcoming i7-820QM (Dell XPS 16) boot up around the same?

 

[Antman]

So would my X25-m 80GB G2 with upcoming i7-820QM (Dell XPS 16) boot up around the same?

No - but it should be fast. Please note that the system was an Intel reference system. That means everything was high-end and tweaked. The goal for that machine was to boot fast. The goal for your machine will be to work well.

 

[QuadAllegory]

So would my X25-m 80GB G2 with upcoming i7-820QM (Dell XPS 16) boot up around the same?

No - but it should be fast. Please note that the system was an Intel reference system. That means everything was high-end and tweaked. The goal for that machine was to boot fast. The goal for your machine will be to work well.

True. But I bet it will boot pretty quick though. Good enough for me atm anyway.

 

[7Dreams]

beat macs!

 

[Adamd]

Impressive.

Now only if they could get 7 to load in under 30 seconds as a standard for most newer computer lol.

 

[gzt7d8]

11 seconds, WOW that works for me!

Sign me....


gs

 

[7Dreams]

ditto

 

[Lordbob75]

Mine booted up in about 20 seconds when I first installed. It has since slowed, due to my modifications.

~Lordbob

 

[pparks1]

Impressive.

Now only if they could get 7 to load in under 30 seconds as a standard for most newer computer lol.

Not counting the POST and getting to my bootloader, I've timed my Windows 7 startup at around 21.5 seconds.

 

[rangerevo8]

@@ the power of SSD???

my Vista is load in 55seconds (which i thought is fast in the pass 2 years..)
was trying to achieve 30seconds for windows7 in my system..

now testing windows7 on my old 40GB PATA (2MB Buffer) HDD.. and it used around 1 minute.. hopefully it will fly after i switch to my 500GB SATAII (32MB Buffer) HDD..

 

[jfar]

Hi, you could try this to see how fast your system actually takes to restart.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/720-restart-time.html?ltr=R

 

[rangerevo8]

56 seconds
this was one from my old pc..
will try format my new pc this weekend and test again

 

[tw33k]

I don't know what mine is exactly but i can tell it's faster than any other os I have run

 

[7Dreams]

i want to see mine.

 

[zigzag3143]

i want to see mine.

Run this http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/720-restart-time.html?ltr=R

Ken